A Colombian citizen appeared in a Florida federal courtroom, 18 October, having been extradited from the Republic of Cabo Verde (Cape Verde), to face charges of ‘laundering the proceeds of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in connection with a scheme to pay bribes to take advantage of Venezuela’s government-controlled exchange rate.’
The US Department of Justice (‘DoJ’) says that, on 25 July 2019, ‘Alex Nain Saab Moran (Saab)’, was charged along with Alvaro Pulido Vargas, aka German Enrique Rubio Salas, 55, also a Colombian citizen, in an eight-count indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and seven counts of money laundering. The indictment alleges that beginning in or around November 2011 and continuing until at least September 2015, Saab and Pulido conspired with others to launder the proceeds of an illegal bribery scheme from bank accounts located in Venezuela to and through bank accounts located in the United States.’
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